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Human, but Not to a Fault

Why do people like President Bush? It isn't complicated.

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Peggy Noonan

Updated Jan. 6, 2003 11:59 p.m. ET

I thought I'd start the year with some thoughts on George W. Bush, for he soon reaches his two-year mark as president, and we have learned some things about him. Some people I love, mostly Democrats but some Republicans, have taken to asking: Why do people like Bush? They know the obvious reasons--9/11, an administration suddenly given serious purpose, a president who seemed to wobble a bit like everyone else the first hours and quickly collected himself like most everyone else.